Pompeo’s mission: a deal in Jerusalem?

Donald Trump would be content to have Israel annex only a few chunks of the West Bank near the Israeli border—say Gush Etzion, Maale Adumim, and Ariel. Most of his evangelical supporters wouldn’t notice the difference, because they’re not good on the geography of modern Israel (although they are pretty solid on Old Testament geography).

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, pictured in Israel on May 13, 2020, with Israelie Speaker of the Knesset Benjamin Gantz. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Departmetn of State by Ron Przysucha

Opinion

BY Gwnne Dyer

May 18, 2020

LONDON, U.K.—Israel’s new two-headed government, with Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, was supposed to be sworn in on May 13. Then suddenly the inauguration was postponed by one day to accommodate a quick visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. What brought Pompeo so far for so short ...

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